 | Ezekiel Hopkins (bp. of Derry.) - 1809 - 566 páginas
...perfection is wanting and unattainable : If there be a willing mind, says the Apostle, 2 Cor. viii. 12. it is accepted according to what a man hath, and not according to what he hath not. Let none, therefore, conclude ihat they have no grace, because they have many imperfections in their... | |
 | 1809 - 670 páginas
...so there may be a full performance also out of that 12 which ye have. For if there be first a ready mind, it is accepted according to what [a man] hath, and not ac13 cording to what he hath not. For / mean not that others 14 may be eased, and you burthened : but... | |
 | Johannes van der Kemp - 1810 - 548 páginas
...to do with a most gracious Lord, who accepteth of our sincere endeavours ; " For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to what a man hath, and not according to what he hath not," 2 Cor. viii. 1 2. Your God, who hath given you the life of regeneration, and " hath begun the good... | |
 | 1812 - 582 páginas
...work. Let each one remember, that where much cannot bfc given, a little will be acceptable. The duty is according to what a man hath, and not according to what he hath not. Every real disci/ile of the Lord has at least a little faith; and this faith must be brought into exercise,... | |
 | 1812 - 620 páginas
...-work. Let each one remember, that where much cannot be given a little will be acceptable. The duty is according to what a man hath, and not according to what he hath not. Every real disc/file of the Lord has at least a little faith; and this faith must be brought into exercise,... | |
 | John Owen - 1812 - 486 páginas
...mind,' namely, in offering any thing to God, tvr^tr^ixr^, xaHo f»> t%fl TIJ, x »«0» tun i%,ti, ' it is accepted according to what a man hath, and not according unto what he hath not.' It is the mind, and not the matter, that gives measure and acceptance to an... | |
 | New Church gen. confer - 1875 - 618 páginas
...depraved." spered him' (1 Cor. xvi. 2). 'Now, therefore, perform the doing of it. ... For if there be first a willing mind it is accepted according to what a man hath, and not according to what he hath not ' (2 Cor. viii. 11, 12). Amongst the Scottish Presbyterians it has been a continuous observance for... | |
 | William Smith - 1814 - 330 páginas
...of the reader and the singer, " I will sing, and speak praises unto the Lord :" for " God accepteth according to what a man hath, and not according to what he hath not." There are some who say that God hath not given them a voice ; and others, that they have not ear sufficient... | |
 | Lorenzo Dow - 1814 - 666 páginas
...knowcth not his master's will, shall he beaten with few stripes. Thus you see it is required ag.eording to what a man hath, and not according to what he hath not. As we read every man is to be rewarded according to his works, or the deeds done in the body, Rev.... | |
 | Samuel Lavington - 1815 - 640 páginas
....therefore, letjjot a sense of your imperfections and ,wn worthiness, discourage you ; for if there be first a .willing mind, it is accepted according to what a man hath, and not according to what he hath not. : Is it not the language of your souls, " Whoa bave I in heaven but thee ? and there is none upon earth... | |
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Abraham to sacrifice his son, (Heb. xi. 17,) according to that in 2 Cor. viii. 12: "Where there is a willing mind, it is accepted according to what a man hath, and not according to what he hath not:" which is true of this church duty, as well as of that... 
